Fluid-gage.



H. HASTINGS.

FLUID GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1915.

Patented July 16, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. HFRBERT HASTINGS, OF BRIGHITON, NEW YORK, assIGNOR T0 ROCHESTER MANUFAC- TUBING- oo., Inc. OF ROCHESTER. NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FLUID-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J uly 16, 1918.

Application filed March 20, 1915. Serial No. 15,936.

useful Improvements in Fluid-Gages, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to gages for indicating the amount of gasolene-in tanks as used on automobiles, but obviously may be used for other liquids and in other uses; and the objects of my invention are,

First to provide such an instrument. of

simple and compact form and with parts economical manufac-. g 9 looking to the left.

adapted to rapid and ture.

. Second, to provide means of preventing,

' without adding friction that would tend to destroy the sensitive rotation of the stem,

the gasolene from reachin the indicator dial by leakage along the in icator stembetween the stem and its bearing.

Third, to provide flexible means between the portion of the stem, within ,the body of the gage and the portion extending-into the tank, so that said portions may be disposed at an angle one to the other without afl'ecting the sensitive operation of either.

Fourth, to provide a flange or fitting for attaching a gage to a tank or other fluid receptacle adapted to serve also as the filler opening of the tank.

In illustrating my present invention in one form I have indicated the type of float, fioat guide and revolving member disclosed in my previous application for which Let ters Patent No. 1,126,997 were granted to me under date of February 2, 191 5. The above objects may be atta ned' ln many different arrangements a dj ibmbination of parts. I have chosen to illustrate 1t. by the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch'-,fl

Figure 1 is a partial sectional viewin elevation of a gage embodyi portions p a portion for req i a wrench as at r. i the head y be provided with a bolt and my improvements.

Fig. 2 1s a plan view. ofthe shown in i Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a broken elevational view partly in section, of a gage of the same general type as shown in Fig. .1,'hut showing a different angular relation of p the revolving parts and another method of attaching, to atank.

Fig. 4 is a plan view .of the dial face or head ofthe gage .of Fig. 3.

' Fig. .5 is a transverse view looking at the lower end of the indicator stem of Fig. 3.

i Fig. 6 is a transverse view looking at the lower end'of theindicator stern of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view in elevation of a gage combined-with a tank filler fitting and embodying another form of mechanism for actuating the indicator-stein.

Fig. 8 is a plan view, partially broken away, of the actuating mechanisn'i of Fig. 8;

Fig. 9 is aplan view in section of a filler flange provlded w th means for attaching the gage ofFig. 1 to a tank.

F g. 10 is a transverse plan view partially in section taken on the line E -m" of Fig.

parts throughout concentrically with a hole of twodiameters.

The largerdiameterA is adapted to receive the dial plate B, the spacing ring C. which maybe a separate ring or formed with the dial, the glass crystal D. the gasket E and the body F. The'opening of the smaller diameter A? provides the opening through which the indications-of the age, arevisible and the shoulder A formed by the change in diameter between A and A provides a surface against which the gasket E is compressed, formin a sealed joint when the body is forced intof position sufficieritly farto exert the required pressure between these art's.

The body F 15 adapted to be'forccd either into the head'A as in Figs. 1 and 3 firmly enough to securethe parts in position when thus assembled, or over, the head, as in Fig. 7, in which figure a specially shaped body is shown which provides a filler opening for the tank. a

The head A maybe provided with screw threads- 'Avfor attaching to the fluid. receptacle and-the head further provided with flange connecting means as in Figs. 2 and 3.

The body F is provided with side apertures'F into which the ends of the support G are secured, and is also provided with a central aperture in which the indicator stem H is free to rotate. This central aperture is enlarged nearits central portion .as at F, Figs..1 and 3, to provide a space for packing the stem to prevent the fluid, in which the gage may be'immersed, from passing between the stem and its bearing and reaching the dial. This same provision could be will hold back such fluids as the gage is designed to be used in, and further, because ofits fluidity, its effect upon the sensitiveness ,of the stem to rotation is negligible.

per end anindicator J, one end of which, as

rovided with a bearing recessQ, in which In Fig. 7 I show two of such packing spaces, a

one near each end of the stem and between these a similar third space; in the two .end spaces 1 use mercury and in the central space'a lighter fluid that is unaffected by the fluid in which thegage is to be used.

The indicator stem H has fixed to its upthe stem rotates, traverses the scale B" on the dial B, indicating the amount of fl'uid' in the tank and the lower end of said stem is shaped as at H, in Figs 5 and (3 to receive the end of the revolving shaft K and to transmit the revolving motion'of K to the stem H. tion of making the indicator stem and re-- A further object in this construc 'volving member separate parts, but-interlocking, is to enable the axes of these two parts to be at an angleone to the other without cramping or impairing the sensitive operation of the parts and to this end the parts are made to fit freely one with the other.

. The float L, support M and revolvingmember K. in Figs. 1 and 2, are similar to those disclosed in my previous invention. I

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show another'form of support and means for actuating the revolving member K. The floatN is fixed to one end of the suspension rod 0 and the other end of said rod is fixed to the oscillating toothed segment P which is free to oscillate about the cross bar portion of the U shaped support Q. and this cross bar is further one end of the revolving member- K is adapted to pivot and the other end of the member K is received in the end of the indicator stem as and for the purpose stated with respect to Figs. 1 and 3. Upon the revolving shaftK of those figures is fixed a tootlied wheel R which is adapted to 'engage theiteeth of the segment. P and as the float. N is caused to rise or fall, the teeth of this segment engaging the teeth of the wheel ll causes the latter, and the shaft to which it is fixed, to oscillate proportionally and this shaft in turn oscillates the indirator stem H as in the previous figures. To

maintain the toothed segn'ient in its central means for fillin As an improved means: of" attaching the gage to a tankjl'shmvj in Fig.19a double anged collarT' providedwitha gage seat T, which in this case is shown to "receive a gage provided forattaching as isthe gage of Fig. 1, and also provided 'With'a filler opening T and between the filler and gage opening and projecting below the lower face of the flange I show a protecting vane or partition T for protecting the gage against being damaged through carelessness in inserting 'a .filling'funnel or other nozzle or the tank. Having thus escribed my, invention what I claim as new and desire ters Patent is-- 1.. In a fluid-gage in combination a head provided internally with a cylindrical bore with a flange at one end and externally with a threaded portion at one end and a polygonal portion at the' other end, a body 7 adapted to be retained by said head, a dia a crystal and a gasket all adapted'to be compressed; between said body and shoulder, asupport for'a float fixed to said body, an

indicator stem journaled within said body, a float and means controlled by the float for oscillating the indicator stem proportional to the rise and fall of the float.

2. In a fluid gage in combination head provided with a bored portion and a crystal retaining flange and provided externally with a threaded portion and a polygonal.

portion, a body, a crystal and a dial compressed between said flange and body,

.means mounted upon said body for guid- Jng' a float, a float, a revoluble member ac tuated by the float and an in'dicator actuated by the revoluble 'member.

3. In a fluid gage the combination of a body, a head, agraduated dial and a crystal retained between said body and head, an

indicator stem journaled in said body and provided with indicating means, said body and stem being shaped to provide a recess therebetween at spaced distances from each end of the indicator bearings, a fluid packing substance retained within said recess, 'a float, a guide for said float, an oscillating, member adapted to be turned by said float and means for communicating the motion of the. oscillating member to the in (licator stem.

4. In a fluid gage-the combination of a body, a U-shaped, one piece float guide atto secure by Lettached to the body,.a float slidable on said.

guide, an oscillating member, means for converting the sliding motion of the float into oscillating motion of the member, an indicator stem'journaled in said body and provided with means for engaging the oscillating member to move in unison therewith, an indicator carried thereon, and a fluid retained in said recess and means for grmluated dial adapted to be traversed by oscillating the stem. 10 the. indicator. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5. In a fluid gage in combination a body in presence of two witnesses. 5 provided with a cylindrical perforation, a HERBERT HASTINGS.

cylindrical stem journaled therein, a recess \Vitnesses: provided to surround the stem at spaced ELEANOR M. Conconim,

distances from each end thereof, packing EDNA K. Boo'rn. 

